Fireside Lodge Fishing Report 6/1 to 6/8 2019

Fireside Lodge Fishing Report June 1 to June 8 2019 

Great Trophy Smallmouth Bass Catch Fishing by Kent at Fireside Lodge in Canada

This week the weather persisted to stay on the cool side staving off the Smallmouth Bass from spawning on most of the lake except for a few places where the water tends to warm up quicker and not exposed to the deeper main lake water that cools down water temps during windy conditions.

Special Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing at Fireside Lodge in Canada by Tony

Long time Guest since 1991 Tony Majcher from Hawthorn Woods, IL was back to chase BIG Smallmouth Bass. First three days he did just that catching many Smallmouth bass between 16 to 17.5-inches with two being Master Anglers Award Trophy Smallmouth at 18-inches. He also caught Northern Pike, having a very good Pike fishing on his second day. 
 

Super Smallmouth Bass Fishing at Fireside Lodge in Ontario Canada Tony

Tony always targets Smallmouth Bass, really enjoying the fight they give him, but in addition to catching Smallmouth Bass he also caught a Muskie, and a Lake Trout along with some Northern Pike making his third day special catching four fish species. His very best day catching Smallmouth came on one of his last three days landing 19 BIG Smallmouth Bass all over 17 inches and 5 met our goal for a Master Anglers Award Trophy Smallmouth Bass which is 18 inches or larger. Tony not only had great fishing during his stay but also enjoyed the company of past Fireside Lodge friends and met a few new people. 
 

Early Spring Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing by Gerald at Fireside Lodge in Canada

They shared wonderful conversation and laughs in the dinning room every day which adds to a Fireside Lodge fishing experience. We thank Tony for being with us for 29 out of our 30 years and hope to see him again in future years.

Nothing Beats a Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing at Fireside Lodge in Canada by Zack

Long time, 25 year guests, Gerald & Zack Adams from Shawnee and Moore, OK

arrived thrilled to be back fishing for Smallmouth Bass. 1st day was great

Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing in Canada by Gerald

catching 18 Big Smallmouth Bass all 17-17.5 inches, with their favorite finesse rig, the sinking worm wacky style. 2nd day they caught 27 Big Smallmouth Bass including several trophy size Smallmouth Bass between 18-19-inches, and Gerald had the largest at 19.5-inches. Their 3rdth day was a rain out, but the 4th and fifth days were great catching many more Smallmouth Bass between 17-18 inches with several more over 18 inches and both Zack and Gerald caught 19-inchers.

BIG Barred Beauty Smallmouth Bass Fishing in Ontario Canada by Zack

They had one period of time the action was so fast they caught 29 Smallmouth Bass in less than an hour and they caught almost a dozen trophy Smallmouth Bass during their stay. Another accomplishment was Zack had a day to try out his new fly rod that Gerald gave him for Christmas. Well after a short period of time Zack was fly-casting very well bringing a whole new dimension to Zacks love for the sport of fishing. 

Many Memories Smallmouth Bass Fishing at Fireside Lodge in Canada Gerald

Gerald and Zack also are very good conversationalists keeping up their tradition of making new Fireside Lodge friends during their visit, this year hitting it off with Kent and Bill (below) from Atlanta. Gerald and Zack left having another great Fireside Lodge visit and hope to return in 2020.

Surprise Big lake Trout Fishing by Wayne at Fireside Lodge in Canada

Wayne & Augi Agositni from Mooresville, NC & Northvale, NJ with Tom & Greg

Love Big Northern Pike Fishing by Augi

Rubino from Hasbrouck Hgts, NJ returned for their 6th time to catch primarily Northern Pike. First day out they caught 18 Northern Pike a half dozen Smallmouth Bass along with three nice walleye ranging from 20-23.5-inches. Yes, That’s right I said walleye. Little Vermilion Lake historically did not have any walleye population however in 1993 the first one was caught by a 28-year long time guest Frank Hazzard. 

BIG Golden Walleye Fishing at Fireside Lodge in Canada by Wayne

Wide Body Walleye Fishing at Fireside Lodge in Canada by Augi

Since then, up to about 5 years ago, only 3-5 per year were caught and since then we started to have incidental catches of 30-50 per year with most being 20-29.5 inches having big robust bodies. Obviously Little Vermilion Lake is still not a lake to promote for Walleye but it seems like we are developing what might turn out to be a trophy walleye lake that has a low population but produces very large fish. 


2nd day was a rainy cold day brining them in by late morning after catching just

a few fish, but before surrendering to weather Tom had an unexpected catch

Northern Pike Fishing at Fireside Lodge

and fight from a nice Lake Trout. He was very surprised how strong a Lake Trout was having never caught one before. 3rd and final day was great catching many Northern Pike, a few Smallmouth Bass but saw many as they were roaming around staging up to spawn. Wayne also caught a BIG 27.5-inche Lake Trout. All departed having a great time among family and friends and hope to return again.

Fabulous Fishing Smallmouth Bass at Fireside Lodge in Ontario Canada Wayne

Long time guests Kent Williams and Bill Black from Brookhaven & Atlanta, GA were glad to be back fishing for their 14th visit and at a new time of the year for them. Always fishing during July and August before they decided to try the springtime fishing for Smallmouth Bass. Well, they learned that fishing at different times of the year means applying different techniques in much different locations. First day they fished in locations familiar to them in July and August with minimal results. After some discussion and planning they started to try areas that were better suited for early spring fishing obtaining much better results catching 25+ Big Smallmouth Bass on their third day including Kent landing a 19” and 18” trophy and Bill catching 4 trophy Smallmouth Bass 18 to 18.5 inches. 

Huge Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing by Bill at Fireside Lodge in Ontario Canada

By their fourth and final day the results nearly doubled from the 3rd day catching 43 Smallmouth Bass almost all being 17-inches or larger with 3 more 19-inch trophies and 6 more Master Anglers Award Trophy Smallmouth Bass measuring 18 to 18.5 inches. They both left very pleased having great fishing along with meeting a couple of new Fireside Lodge friends in Gerald and Zack Adams (above) from Oklahoma. As always Kent was already planning for their next trip before departing.

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Hot Lures: Sinking Worms, In-Line Spinners

Catches of The Week: 19.5” Smallmouth Bass, 27.5-inch Lake Trout, 23.5-inch Walleye Dozens of Trophy Smallmouth Bass

Fabulous Sunsets at Fireside Lodge in Northwest Ontario Canada

Well, that's it for this weeks Fireside Lodge Fishing News Report, Please stay tuned for next weeks report. Until then "Keep On Fish'n" Alan

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Fireside Lodge Season Opening Week Report 5/25 to 6/1 2018

Opening Week Fireside Lodge Fishing Report 5/25 to 6/1 2019 

Amazing Early Spring Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing by Tim Stewart at Fireside Lodge

Trophy Pre Spawn Smallmouth Bass Fishing at Fireside Lodge by Bryan Neel

Weather was on the cool side but terrific with most days being sunny or partly cloudy with a slight wind. With the fishers high anticipation of opening week after a long winter excitement was in the air.

Super Large Trophy Lake Trout Fishing at Fireside Lodge by Tim

Trophy Lake Trout Fishing at Fireside Lodge by Bryan at Fireside Lodge in Canada

Bryan Neel III and Tim Stewart from Rochester, MN returned for their 17th consecutive year. These two are always in the hunt for BIG Northern Pike with Tim catching his best ever last fall being a 48-inch Monster. They use multiple methods of casting and trolling to a do-nothing approach, which enhances their success rate on catching other species like Smallmouth Bass, while searching for the ultimate Trophy Northern Pike. 

 

Beautiful Tiger Muskie Fishing at Fireside Lodge in Ontario Canada at Fireside Lodge Bryan Neel

Incidental Muskie Catch Fishing in Ontario Canada Tim Stewart

Muskie While Smallmouth Bass Fishing by Bryan at Fireside Lodge in Canada

Most days were very successful catching many Northern Pike and bumping into

a Muskie or Lake Trout while trolling. Four of the Lake Trout were trophy size with a huge girth measuring 34-inches or larger. They also had great fishing for Large Smallmouth Bass catching 25 to 30 in short periods of time measuring 16 to 19.5-inches with seven qualifying for our Mater Anglers Trophy Award. 
 

Super BIG Trophy Smallmouth Bass at Fireside Lodge in Canada Bryan

Special Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing at Fireside Lodge in Ontario Canada by Bryan

 

25 BIG Smallmouth Bass Like Fishing in a few Hours at Fireside Lodge by Tim

 

Most of the Smallmouth Bass were caught on hair or marabou jigs with a very

slow or do-nothing presentation while at times they hit a white spinner bait. 
The majority of the Northern Pike and other toothy critters were caught are larger spinner baits, one being their favorite Rad Dog, or an X-Rap and Husk Jerk. These two have spent many opening weeks with us, enjoying it in their 17th year as much, if not more than their first. We enjoy having them equally as well, always-creating good conversation and laughter in the dinning room. We hope to see them for their 18th year for our opening week in 2020.

Absolute GIANT Lake Trout Fishing in Northwest Ontario Canada by Bryan

 
 

BIG Early Spring Northern Pike at Fireside Lodge in Canada by Michael

 

Large Northern Pike are Common at Fireside Lodge Fishing by Paul

 

Cousin / Nephew Nick with a Huge Spring Northern Pike Fishing at Fireside Lodge in Canada

Long time return Guest Paul Letourneau from North Oaks, MN returned for his 2nd trip this year coming with son Michael from Metairie, LA who has been coming to Fireside Lodge with his dad since he was 16, and now he is 34. Also returning was Paul’s nephew, Michael’s cousin, Nick from Maple Grove, MN. These three returned together after being here just 7 months ago and picked up where they left off. These three seem to be fish magnets, maybe their long tenure helping, as on their day of arrival the caught 8 nice Northern Pike and an equal number of large Smallmouth Bass. 

Trophy Smallmouth Bass with HUGE Girth Fishing at Fireside Lodge by Michael

Beautiful Barred Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing by Paul at Fireside Lodge

Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing is Incredible at Fireside Lodge by Nick

The next few days were full of action catching Many Northern Pike and Smallmouth Bass with Paul landing two Master Anglers Award Trophy Smallmouth Bass, Nick with one, and they all caught many other Smallmouth 16-18-inches. Northern Pike were sizable catching them in the 30-36-inch range, several Muskie were caught with Paul catching a HUGE 45-inch Trophy Musky. The story behind this catch was Michael and Nick were casting while Paul was slow trolling behind the boat. Michael had the Muskie follow his lure when it quickly turn away heading towards the back of the boat and hit Paul’s slow trolling lure. Michael also netted the Musky so he gets a BIG assist and then deliberations were underway if we should cut the Master Anglers patch in half. 
 

Trophy Muskie Fishing by Paul at Fireside Lodge in Canada

 

BIG Lake Trout Surprise Fishing by Paul in Ontario Canada

Their third day was good fishing finding an area where many very big Pike were hanging out but despite a lot of effort their only results were follows. Nick had to depart on midweek to attend an event for his son so Michael and Paul finished out the last two days catching some larger, 30-36-inch Northern Pike and many BIG Smallmouth Bass including 5 Master Anglers Award Smallmouth Bass on their final day. 
 

Early Spring Shallow Water Smallmouth Bass Fishing at Fireside Lodge by Michael

All had a fabulous time making many family fishing memories once again. We look forward to seeing Paul again as he will be returning to fish with us again in August.

Nick with a Nice BIG Lake Trout Fishing at Fireside Lodge

Fifth time returning were Mike Chykta from Port Orchard, WA, Resit Unal & Nick Christner from Yorktown & Barhamsville, VA. They all had another wonderful fishing trip getting the cool weather they missed in 2018. Every morning these three were out by 5AM with the exception of one day when the temperature in the morning was 26F, and fishing every day after supper until 9PM. They were successful every day catching fish before breakfast starting their day off with some fish under their belt. 

1st BIG Lake Trout Fishing by Resit at Fireside Lodge in Canada

Trophy Smallmouth Bass are The Best Fishing by Michael at Fireside Lodge

The rest of the day on the water they found success catching Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, and some Lake Trout having one day where the action and catch rate was far and above the others. Seemed like their go to lures were a Blue Fox Spinner, and a Rapala X-Rap or Husky Jerk. All managed to catch BIG Smallmouth Bass and each landed a big Lake Trout. More importantly the fun and laughter were constant all leaving with another set of fishing memories between friends at Fireside Lodge. Thanks for being here a as they were leaving said their hopeful to return in the near future.

Long time guests Ken & Sandra Beta from Fox Lake, IL., 1st time Ken fished

20-inch Trophy Smallmouth Bass by Ken

here was 1970, was thrilled to be back again to continue nearly 50 years of making memories fishing in the Canadian Wilderness of Northwest Ontario. His consecutive year strike was broken last year for the first time so Ken was really looking forward to this year’s trip. Here for a short three days they made the most of it and the weather cooperated. First day had them catching a mix of Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, and Sandy caught two-surprise Lake Trout. In fact Sandy was tops for the day catching most of the Northern Pike. Second day Ken caught several bigger fish and then they hit a hot spot of many BIG Smallmouth Bass. Conditions were perfect as they found these pre spawn staging Smallmouth right in the reeds, and being a very calm day

Trophy Smallmouth Bass by Sandy

they were able to toss sinking worms, wacky style, right into the reeds and all heck broke loose. They ended up landing 30 plus big Smallies ranging from 16 to 20-inches. They caught 5 trophy Master Anglers Award Smallmouth including 2 measuring 20-inches, one at 19.5-inches, one at 19-inches and an 18.5-incher. In the same area Ken also landed two big Lake Trout. What a FABULOUS day of fishing. In fact Ken said it was his single best day of fishing for Smallmouth Bass ever. Their 3rd and final day brought another three trophy Smallmouth Bass between 18-19-inches and good Northern Pike fishing. Sandy and Ken went home having a great time and Ken was talking about returning in August with his brother.  

Shore Lunch is Delicious at Fireside Lodge in Ontario Canada

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Hot Lures: X-Rap, Husky Jerk, Blue Fox Spinner

Catches of The Week: 45” Muskie, 5-20” Smallmouth Bass, 35” Lake Trout

Making Fishing Memories with Family and Friends at Fireside Lodge in Ontario Canada

Well, that's it for this weeks Fireside Lodge Fishing News Report, Please stay tuned for next weeks report. Until then "Keep On Fish'n" Alan
http://www.firesidelodgefishing.com
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